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Spring football practice is in full swing for some schools across the country with others getting back to the gridiron over the next month. Over the next week, the Orlando Sentinel will take a look at some of the key storylines for the Power 5 conferences like the ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, Pac-12 and SEC. Today we focus on the Big Ten: So about that whole ‘sky is falling on the Big Ten’ …. The Buzz: After being dogged by critics much of last season for what was perceived as a lack of strength as a conference, Big Ten officials wound up having the last laugh after Ohio State dispatched both Alabama and Oregon to capture the national championship in the inaugural College...

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Spring football practice is in full swing for some schools across the country with others getting back to the gridiron over the next month.
Over the next week, the Orlando Sentinel will take a look at some of the key storylines for the Power 5...

National Signing Day may be just around the corner, but some of the country’s top high school recruits are already enrolled in school giving them a leg-up heading in the 2015 season.
Here are 10 early-enrollees who can make an instant impact this...

Running off at the typewriter …
In the wake of the Big 12 getting shafted by the college-football playoff committee — in part perhaps because the conference didn't have a championship game — league commissioner Bob Bowlsby has broached the possibility of...

Ohio State will start the 2015 college football season at No. 1.Win or lose Monday night in the College Football Playoff national title game against Oregon, the Buckeyes will have the perfect mix of experience, athleticism and talent coming back to make...

Expect the clouds that have hung over Central Florida recently to linger on New Year's Day, with a small possibility of rain.
The National Weather Service in Melbourne is calling for a 20 percent chance of showers today with a mild...

It's been called the happiest place on earth.
Gary Pinkel wanted to see it for himself.
Pinkel, a tight end on the Kent State football team, was in Central Florida as the Golden Flashes prepared to take on Tampa University in the 1972 Tangerine Bowl...

With a straight face, Dave Steckel said he wasn't an emotional person.
A few seconds later his eyes looked a little watery as he choked out, "I'm going to miss 'em."
It was a lone, hairline fracture in the Missouri defensive coordinator's...

Everybody has a story. Jerry Kill isn't afraid to tell his anymore.
There was a time when epilepsy had its grips on him, not just physically. There were mind games in play. Shame, embarrassment, fear.
Kill will lead his Minnesota Golden Gophers in the...

Big man highlights are the best kind of highlights, and a couple minutes into the second quarter of its 33-17 win over Minnesota in the Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl, Missouri provided some entertainment for the fans.
Facing fourth-and-3 on their own...

The play looked straight out of a video game — and more like Super Mario Bros. than Madden football.
Minnesota star tight end Maxx Williams turned a reception into an Olympic hurdling event on Thursday afternoon in the Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl,...

Despite all of the second-guessing, Gary Danielson believes the College Football Playoff selection committee got it right when it came to its choices for the top four teams.
However, the veteran college football analyst for CBS Sports wasn’t impressed...

It’s becoming abundantly clear the College Football Playoff selection committee isn’t impressed with FSU's performance this season.
For the second consecutive week, the Seminoles (10-0, 7-0 ACC) remained at No. 3 in the rankings released Tuesday night...

Where's everyone running off to?
It's time to give credit where credit is due.
After being marginalized, pushed aside, passed over and relegated to the second or third rounds of the NFL Draft, it's suddenly cool to be a running back. From Wisconsin's...

Conference races are beginning to clear up after a holiday weekend. Here is a quick look at which teams are set for championship weekend and which teams still have some work ahead of them:
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Memphis (8-3, 6-1), UCF...

What’s Thanksgiving weekend with a heaping serving of college football?
The feast includes rivalry games that could have an impact on the College Football Playoff Final Four.
Check out our top six games to watch:
No. 5 TCU at Texas
Thursday, 7:30 p.m....

By the time Jacob deGrom arrived at Stetson in 2008, Corey Kluber already had been drafted by the San Diego Padres.
They don't know each other, except by reputation, but those who follow Major League Baseball likely are familiar with the former Hatters....

We won’t know which teams will find their way into the top four of this week’s College Football Playoff rankings until Tuesday night, but it’s a good guess that Mississippi State, Florida State and Oregon will remain at the top.
Alabama’s win over LSU...

It was only going to be a matter of time before we had our first shocking moment of the new College Football Playoff rankings
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